A Long Way from Chicago

A Long Way from Chicagoby Richard Peck

Joey
and Mary Alice spend each August at Grand- ma Dowdel's house in a
sleepy Illinois town, where they always have crazy adventures thanks to
Grandma Dowdel's tendency to take matters into her own hands to 'make
things the way they should be'.

Set during the Great Depression, "this
satire about small town etiquette is fresh, warm, and anything but
ordinary." (Publisher's Weekly)